Terms of Service
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Agreement to terms
These Terms govern your use of the XProgrammers website and any free-standing materials we publish here. When we engage on paid work, a separate signed agreement (the “Engagement Agreement”) controls — and where it conflicts with these Terms, the Engagement Agreement wins.
By using this site you accept these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.
Services
We provide senior software engineering and AI services — including new builds, MVP rescues, AI integration, and cloud work. This site describes those services in general terms; it isn't an offer, a quote, or a guarantee of availability.
Engagements & scope
Every paid engagement starts with a written diagnosis and a milestone plan. Scope, deliverables, timelines, and price are defined in the Engagement Agreement. Changes to scope are agreed in writing before we act on them.
Estimates are estimates. We commit to milestones, not to predicting every unknown in a codebase we're rescuing.
Fees & payment
Fees, currency, and the payment schedule are set out in the Engagement Agreement. Unless stated otherwise:
- Invoices are due within 14 days of issue.
- Late amounts may accrue interest at the maximum rate permitted by law.
- Fees are exclusive of applicable taxes, which you're responsible for.
- We may pause work on materially overdue accounts after notice.
Intellectual property
Your product. On full payment, the bespoke deliverables we create for you under an engagement are assigned to you, as detailed in the Engagement Agreement.
Our tools. We retain ownership of our pre-existing know-how, libraries, and generic tooling, and grant you a licence to use them as part of your deliverables.
This site. The XProgrammers name, logo, and site content are ours. Don't copy or reuse them without permission.
Client responsibilities
To do good work we rely on you to:
- Give us timely access to the people, systems, and information we need.
- Make sure you have the rights to any materials and data you share with us.
- Review and respond to deliverables within agreed windows.
- Keep your own credentials and accounts secure.
Confidentiality
Each side will protect the other's confidential information with at least the care it uses for its own, and use it only to perform the engagement. This survives the end of our work. Specifics — including any NDA — live in the Engagement Agreement.
Warranties & disclaimers
We warrant that we'll perform with the reasonable skill and care of a senior engineering team. Beyond that, this website and any free materials are provided “as is”, without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent the law allows. We don't warrant the site will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential losses, or for lost profits or data. Our total liability arising from an engagement is capped as set out in the Engagement Agreement — typically the fees paid for that engagement. Nothing here limits liability that can't be limited by law.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify us against claims arising from materials or data you provide that infringe a third party's rights or break the law. Any mutual indemnities specific to an engagement are set out in the Engagement Agreement.
Term & termination
You can stop using this site at any time. Engagements run for the term in the Engagement Agreement and may be ended as it provides — including your right to end the relationship and take a clean hand-off. Provisions that should survive termination (payment, IP, confidentiality, liability) do.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction named in our Engagement Agreement (by default, Portugal), without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Disputes are resolved in the courts of that jurisdiction unless we agree otherwise in writing.
Changes to these terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. We'll change the “Last updated” date and, for material changes, post notice on the site. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated Terms.